Acalanes Center for Independent Study

1963 Tice Valley Boulevard, Walnut Creek, CA 94595View on map

  • Public
  • Walnut Creek
  • 27 seniors
  • 59 students

Acalanes Center for Independent Study is a public high school in Walnut Creek (Acalanes Union High) with 27 seniors.

Year

UC admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

Seniors admitted to a UC

too few applicants to report

27 seniors

Seniors who applied to UC

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— of 27 seniors

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

too few applicants to report

Fall 2025

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

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Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

  • too few applicants to report3 applied

  • too few applicants to report3 applied

  • too few applicants to report1 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (22 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

82%

18 of 22 graduates

UC or CSU

9%

2 graduates

Community college

64%

14 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC15%
CSU15%
CA private college00%
Out of state29%
Community college1464%
Not enrolled418%
Enrolled in college1882%
Total22100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female
  • Race & ethnicity: White
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Advanced Placement

2

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

3

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

15% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

12%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

4 of 33 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2024–25 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 1 class

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 68%County median 50%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 28%County median 23%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 36%County median 20%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 8%County median 8%
  • Low-income students 12%County median 58%

Across California

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